2025 Best Engineering Physics Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in engineering physics, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #228 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Physics Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 master's degrees in engineering physics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on engineering physics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering physics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt engineering physics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering physics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering physics students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering Physics Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Engineering Physics in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering physics.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Engineering Physics

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

34 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in engineering physics. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in engineering physics from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

27 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in engineering physics. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in engineering physics from Cornell University

Best Engineering Physics Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering physics colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	39
New Jersey	188	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering Physics

Engineering Physics is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Engineering Physics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Engineering & Applied Physics	65

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	2,147
Mechanical Engineering	1,548
Computer Engineering	1,274
Biomedical Engineering	1,143
General Engineering	916
Systems Engineering	776
Civil Engineering	727
Chemical Engineering	588
Operations Research	580
Industrial Engineering	533

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.